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Cycling 

Going Dutch, again

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 Alex cycle tour, netherlands, nuttyfietstocht

I first went to the Netherlands in 2013, not long after the London Cycling Campaign’s Love London, Go Dutch campaign

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Conference London 

Hackney Cycling Conference 2017

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 Alex cycling, data, evidence, hackney, healthy streets, london, research, transport for london, urbanism

At the end of April Hackney Council hosted their annual cycling conference. I’ve already summarised the event’s tweets on storify, and here

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Cycling London 

London Bike Hire – encouraging figures from this summer

November 25, 2016November 25, 2016 Alex cycle hire, london, statistics

As I’m sure you don’t need me to remind you, London now has two major east-west and north-south routes, along

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Cycling London 

Lost in Transition

November 15, 2016November 16, 2016 Alex andrew gilligan, city of london, superhighways

We live in interesting times, turbulent even. Cycling doesn’t seem quite like the most important issue in the world, but

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Consultations Cycling London 

Superhighways on the Euston Road?

March 20, 2016March 20, 2016 Alex consultation, cycling, london, superhighways

If only, but it appears to be the latest claim from the increasingly erratic and imaginative twitter account Stop TFHell’s

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Cycling London 

Here Comes Madge!

February 27, 2016February 28, 2016 Alex cycling, inclusivity, london, mobility scooter, superhighways

Superhighway construction in London continues, but already part-built, disconnected cycletracks – even without being continuous or having most of the

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Consultations Cycling Hammersmith Broadway 

Parallel universes of cycling in West London

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016 Alex hammersmith and fulham, london, roundabout, superhighways, transport for london

Yesterday I wrote about the plans for the cycletrack on the Westway reaching consultation, but today I want to look

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Consultations Cycling London 

But we’re lost on the Westway…

February 8, 2016March 19, 2016 Alex cycling, london, superhighways, transport for london

Today after almost three years of build-up the Mayor of London finally released via Transport for London (TfL) plans for

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London 

What I learnt from following BorisWatch

November 8, 2015November 8, 2015 Alex

A little over a week ago, Tom Barry aka BorisWatch on twitter passed away. There’ve been a few tributes now, but

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Cycling London 

City of London Cycling Forum 2015

September 24, 2015September 24, 2015 Alex city of london, CLOCS, quietway

Last week I attended the 2015 City of London cycling forum, an annual open meeting that provides an opportunity for the

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Cycling London 

Taxi for the LTDA

August 29, 2015September 4, 2015 Alex ltda

A couple of weeks ago news appeared suddenly that one of the taxi organisations in London, the London Taxi Driver Association

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Cycling Scotland Trams 

A ride to my parents from the station

August 24, 2015August 24, 2015 Alex

For the first time all year(!) I took a ride to Edinburgh on the train today to see a bit

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Cycling Listen 

Listen: The Listening Project

August 22, 2015August 23, 2015 Alex

As I was drifting off to sleep last night, BBC Radio’s Listening Project popped up on the radio with a

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